it sounds corny, but remember how you felt when you heard let the world go forth in this time and place, that the torch has been passed, pass to a new generation of americans. sandra: criticism from an unlikely source in the wake of all this, david axelrod writing they seemed seemed almost part of the past rather than the future. they seem like part of the past rather than the future, at times of vice president seemed somewhat confused to me in handling some of the questions in the following the action seemed a bit defensive. sandra: so take all that on. i think this is again about the democratic party 2019 heading into 2020. you have this younger generation saying joe biden, you have been there. i thought it was a really critical exchange over the tax
and the line resonates, let the world go forth that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace. and that was a real kind of jolt. the whole country had a sense of possibility. kennedy part of his attitude, youth, program, all of it together made people think they were better than they thought they were. that was his greatest achievement. my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country.
united states. there was a symbolism involved in jfk s refusal to wear a coat and hat. john f kennedy was very sick. kennedy hid a lot of illnesses. he had addisons disease. any time you see john f kennedy as president, there is a great chance of that very moment he s suffering. in order to dispel that sense that maybe he wasn t as healthy as he appeared on the surface, i think the lack of a coat and the lack of a hat suggested that i m vigorous and strong, here i am. to serve, protect and defend the contusion of the united states. so help you got. so help me god. [ applause ] i was a senior in high school when kennedy was inaugurated, and i remember listening to that and the line resonates, let the
to get the vote there. he was really a working politician, as you said, delayed with civil right but trying to get things done. so when he died, he was still thinking how do i get this bill through and how do i get reelected? i mentioned the what-ifs as such a student of history. he campaigns against eisenhower as being soft on communism, eisenhower, the great general. what does he do in vietnam? remember the inaugural speech, let the world go forth, a new generation willing to meet anywhere in the pursuit of liberty. what does he do about vietnam? that s an unanswered question in my mind. i talked to all of his principal advisers before he died. he was playing the hawkish line right before his death. he said he believed in the domino theory three weeks before he died because he wanted to get through 64. he was going to run against barry goldwater. the spread of communism is hard
with civil right but trying to get things done. so when he died, he was still thinking how do i get this bill through and how do i get reelected? i mentioned the what-ifs as such a student of history. he campaigns against eisenhower as being soft on communism, eisenhower, the great general. what does he do in vietnam? remember the inaugural speech, let the world go forth, a new generation willing to meet anywhere in the pursuit of liberty. what does he do about vietnam? that s an unanswered question in my mind. i talked to all of his principal advisers before he died. he was playing the hawkish line right before his death. he said he believed in the domino theory three weeks before he died because he wanted to get through 64. he was going to run against barry goldwater. the spread of communism is hard to describe to a current generation. it was a palpable fear throughout this country,